Most Embarassing Pool Moment!

[supergreenman]

About 20 years ago I was playing snooker on a 12 foot table and had to use the big stick and bridge for a shot. I very carefully got the 10' long bridge and cue on the table, lined up my shot and let it go. The shot was a sharp angled cut near the bottom of the table so the cue ball came back at me quite fast. I jerked the big cue and bridge out of the way just in time..........

to smash the florescent light overhead and cover the table with shards of glass.

The owner was really good about it, he wouldn't let me pay for the light, when I insisted he said he had some flats of pop he needed carried upstairs. (poolhall on second floor)

 

[trustyrusty]

i got caught singing along gwen stefani's "bananas" song

completely forgiven due to gwen's hotness factor. singing long to anything by Jewel, however, is completely unacceptable!!

 

[Poolfiend]

I was playing at Dr. Cues just north of Seattle a few years ago when this guy comes in and gets some balls. The front room there was the players room - quiet and dark except for the table lights. This guy struts in and racks up the balls and gets ready to break.

At least a few people were clocking him. He winds up to break the balls and loses the grip on the cue. It skips off the table, never disturbs the balls shoots all the way across the room and bounces off the wall.

I could feel his embarrassment as he walked across the room to pick up his cue. Someone said something like "nice break" which broke the tension and everyone laughed. He was the shade of an eggplant. He probably could've gotten weight from anyone in the room right then.

 

[Cuaba]

I wore a shirt that was a little short to league night a few years ago. When it became untucked, I was showin some crack.

Nobody said anything, so I got to look foolish for a while. Finally somebody poured a little beer down my crack.

It was funny, and there wasn't much I could do but laugh.

 

[Big Perm]

Happened the other day......tourney....rear back for my power break....pull back too far, cue comes outside of my closed bridge....and it doesn't come back thru on the follow-thru

Missed the cue ball all together....my opponent was kewl, he let it slide.....I was laughing at myself inside, felt like an idiot....

 

[Beware_of_Dawg]

The pepper spray incident.

I mentioned this in another thread awhile ago, as embarrasing goes this is worth repeating...

SETUP: So, Im in my local room playing with a guy that is on my pool team... he brought another guy with him that I had never met that was basically "auditioning" for the team. Plus I got another guy I just met that's coming in to play a few sets too.. So Im about a pitcher of beer in by this point and trying to pay attention to this kids game... (disclaimer: so I'm admittedly distracted)

EVENT: So there are roughly 15-20 people in the bar and table area... So, I go to light a cigerette... Damn!, lighter is out of juice... Luckily for me there is a set of keys sitting on our table with a lighter on them. Well looks like a lighter, and says "quick fire" on the side.. so anyway I go to use this lighter put it up to my face to light my cig and I can't figure out this damn child-proofing thing... So I pull it away to fiddle with it and WHAM!! PSSSSSSSSSSFFFFFFFTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I think you can guess what happened, lol.) Pepper spray!! sprayed straight up in the air!! HAHAHHA... so I'm laughing at how close I was to spraying that sh1t right in my own face and tell the guys what had happended.. we're all laughing.

STUPID COMPOUNDED: Well, after a few good belly laughs I realize.. simultaniously to my friends that my lungs are starting to burn and my eyes hurt... not badly of course but ouch. That's about when I realize that I sprayed that crap kinda close to the pitcher of beer... d1ck! so in another move of utter fail, I put my nose into the pitcher to see if anything went into the nector... DOHH!! big wiff of pepper spray... so coughing and beginning to weez a bit I take the pitcher to the bar tender and inform her of my stupidity, just about then I can't stop myself from gagging and I almost puke... well in her genieus she puts her nose in the pitcher.... lol, you can guess from there... Hahaha.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE: Oh no, it's not over. My second realization came when I go back into the pool room half laughing and half weezing in brutal lung seizing pain... seems that the pitcher wasn't the only thing near my gaff... guess I sprayed the stuff directly up into a air filter... long story short... the entire room is cougling, gagging and running for the door!!... Had to clear the entire bar for about 15 minutes and open all the doors to air the joint out... Obviously woudnt have been funny if someone was seriously hurt but I knew most everyone and after the dust settled everyone had a good time ribbing me about my utter fail.

Brilliant!!

 

[woody_968]

Dawg its kinda hard to not let my employees know Im doing non work related things on the net when Im laughing out loud and cant stop!

You may now be in the running for the top spot

 

[chin0]

Dawg, I see why it says beware of you lol

 

[Razorback Randy]

There is a trick shot that someone showed me that involves freezing the cue ball on the long rail next to the side pocket. The shot is made by trapping the cue ball, (using a house cue) against the rail with the joint area of the cue, then quickly raking the cue stick away, squeezing the ball against the rail...this squirts the ball out with a lot of spin, it goes 4 or 5 rails around the table and into a corner pocket...

One night at the bar, I was showing this shot to a new girlfriend I had at the time...I was going to impress her big time with this one....I whipped that cue stick away from the table and unbeknownst to me, there was a nice young lady shooting on the table right behind me....I swatted her in the ass SOOOOOOOO hard with that cue I probably nearly broke it in half.

I couldn't apologize enough to her, but I also couldn't stop laughing...I felt like a total idiot.

I was doing this same shot at the house - showing off in front of friends - and snapped a fairly nice house stick right in half. The ball still went around the table and dropped in the corner pocket. I played it off like the cue was supposed to break (because thats how I roll - LOL).

 

[Kimmo]

in league play in Holland...I used to play straightpool quite often....but also 8 or 9 when need arose...
So this one night...I start the game of 8b against this guy...I lose the lag and my opponent breaks. He breaks the rack really nice but does not make any balls... So I get on the table. The cueball has come to rest somewhere around the area where the one of the bottom corners of the rack is...and balls are everywhere.....but also blocking each other so there is no easy pot available...I walk around the table looking for a start for a while...
Then a flash of brilliance when I notice a table-length bankshot off the long cushion to the far corner....I just think "what the hell...let's go for it" and proudly announce "bankshot 8b far corner" and shoot the damn ball....the ball goes in center of the pocket.... All but 2 seconds go until I realize ***BRAINFART!*** I was not playing straight at the moment but 8b. With a face slightly more red the before and my opponent and other players in both teams just look at me with this WTF just happened -look on their face, I pick up the triangle and proceed to rack the balls...

 

[quitecoolguy]

I have two stories to post..the first one

I am a big guy..but have been loosing weight off and on for a while..well i had lost some weight and had noticed that my pants were a bit loose but i decided not to wear a belt that day.. I was playing a tough match at league one night and walked back and forth looking over a shot...well when i went to make the move to get down on the shot...yep you guessed it ..my pants went straight to my anckles before i could grab em. what an horrible moment....hmmm although i did get three phone numbers that night

 

[quitecoolguy]

second story

I was born with no muscle in my eyes..so i cant really move them. I only use one eye to play pool which is my right eye. My left eye is offset a bit so it looks like i have a lazy eye..but its just that the metal strands that were put in place when i was in the third grade have gotten loss and need to be tightened up.

Well i was shooting in a tounament and was doing quite well in it. I was playing a guy who was a bit full of himself and i was running out on him left and right.

Well it was a race to seven in the winners bracket and i had him like five to 1 and a friend of his walked over and whispered ....how ya doing..

His response was loud and very angry.. he said

"How am I doing?...How am i doing? ...this crooked eye b@#ch is kicking the shit out of me!! "

He quickly appologized but i was laughing so hard i just put my hand up and managed to get a "its okay" out..:grin:

 

[JoeyA]

One of My Embarassing Moments -THIS WEEKEND. Roy The A Hole & JoeyA

Everyone knows that I prefer to bet on my own matches but one of my good friends, Roy, The A-Hole, goaded me into making a bet on a match that we were watching on a Live Stream by AZ Tv, this weekend. It was the Turning Stone tournament being covered by AZ Tv and live streamed free to the world.

The match was between Ralf Souquet and Dennis Hatch. Since I am a recently converted Ralf fan, I would hate to pull against him, let alone bet against him. LO, up steps my good friend Roy, who calls me a nit on every occasion and goads me into making a $50 bet on Dennis Hatch.

The LIve Streaming had a fun-filled Chat Room steeped with many AZBers with Jerry the monitor, riding herd on all of the bad boys and girls.

My embarassing pool moment happened early on with me accepting the bet and the 3 games on the wire. I assumed that the race was to 9 and accepted the bet, confirming it with Roy, The A Hole only to be told that the race was to 13 not 9. :embarrassed2: Although no one could see me, my face turned a couple of shades of red as I realized that I made a mistake about how many games were to be played. Roy, The A Hole offered to let me out of the bet but he had already goaded me to the point of no return. I had made the bet and didn't back out of it although as I said Roy, The A Hole offered me the out.

The match was full of drama, good shooting, some luck both good and bad and two players, playing their hearts out. In the Chat Room, we had a blast even with me getting a nose bleed and I almost got banned for trying to get to Roy, The A Hole to make an early buyout. Naturally my good friend Roy, The A Hole, refused to let me buy out and Jerry threatened me with a Banning from the Chat Room for seeking the early buy out. :thumbup:

How was your weekend?
JoeyA

 

[sjm]

Everyone knows that I prefer to bet on my own matches but one of my good friends, Roy, The A-Hole, goaded me into making a bet on a match that we were watching on a Live Stream by AZ Tv, this weekend. It was the Turning Stone tournament being covered by AZ Tv and live streamed free to the world.

The match was between Ralf Souquet and Dennis Hatch. Since I am a recently converted Ralf fan, I would hate to pull against him, let alone bet against him. LO, up steps my good friend Roy, who calls me a nit on every occasion and goads me into making a $50 bet on Dennis Hatch.

The LIve Streaming had a fun-filled Chat Room steeped with many AZBers with Jerry the monitor, riding herd on all of the bad boys and girls.

My embarassing pool moment happened early on with me accepting the bet and the 3 games on the wire. I assumed that the race was to 9 and accepted the bet, confirming it with Roy, The A Hole only to be told that the race was to 13 not 9. :embarrassed2: Although no one could see me, my face turned a couple of shades of red as I realized that I made a mistake about how many games were to be played. Roy, The A Hole offered to let me out of the bet but he had already goaded me to the point of no return. I had made the bet and didn't back out of it although as I said Roy, The A Hole offered me the out.

Yeah, but how do you really feel about the way Roy handled this?

 

[JoeyA]

Yeah, but how do you really feel about the way Roy handled this?

Roy, The A Hole was a perfect gentleman who I still consider an Internet friend.

(I did receive a PM from Roy, The A Hole, bragging about his victory in snagging a gullible fish like me. ) Unfortunately, he was right about the gullible fish part.

JoeyA

 

[Fatboy]

Dude. That sux. I think they have support groups for you guys. They hand you Bushkas, or Boti's or somthing.

Winner, Winner, chicken dinner.:speechless:

LOL good one-best one all day!!!! , I played pool for 21 years before I got my first Szam, I had my first custom cue after 3 years-a $350 SouthWest that I had to wait 8 months for, imagie waiting that long for a SW???? man that was brutal. I still have that cue-its family, I take it out and play with it once a month for a hour or 2.

 

[JDB]

This is not funny, but more embarrasing than anything. I am posting here to remind myself of it in the future.

When I first started playing relatively seriously (around 20 or so), I took the game very seriously and really got upset when I lost. To the pont where I broke a few cues (stupid, I know).

However, over the last 8 years or so I have come to realize that I am not perfect and the game is not life or death. I congratulate my opponent when they win and accept defeat graciously because I know that I made mistakes that I need to correct in the future (most of the time, anyway). I applaude the opponent for their excellent play if I didn't make many mistakes and just remark that I enjoy watching them play.

This past weekend I was playing a league match and had quite a bit of bad luck/rolls. Generally, I would just accept these rolls and smile and say that is the way it goes sometimes; however, this time I started to get a negative attitude and started to complain about the bad rolls and complain about the luck of my opponent, which is not acceptable to me.

For some reason it just got to me this weekend and I was embarrased how I acted, although I didn't do anything dramatic. I just prefer not to express myself that way.

Anyway, that is the most embarrasing moment that I have had in some time in pool.

 

[Brain71]

Most embarassing pool moment? The day I picked up a cue!!!!

 

[kath13]

Lol

Everyone knows that I prefer to bet on my own matches but one of my good friends, Roy, The A-Hole, goaded me into making a bet on a match that we were watching on a Live Stream by AZ Tv, this weekend. It was the Turning Stone tournament being covered by AZ Tv and live streamed free to the world.

The match was between Ralf Souquet and Dennis Hatch. Since I am a recently converted Ralf fan, I would hate to pull against him, let alone bet against him. LO, up steps my good friend Roy, who calls me a nit on every occasion and goads me into making a $50 bet on Dennis Hatch.

The LIve Streaming had a fun-filled Chat Room steeped with many AZBers with Jerry the monitor, riding herd on all of the bad boys and girls.

My embarassing pool moment happened early on with me accepting the bet and the 3 games on the wire. I assumed that the race was to 9 and accepted the bet, confirming it with Roy, The A Hole only to be told that the race was to 13 not 9. :embarrassed2: Although no one could see me, my face turned a couple of shades of red as I realized that I made a mistake about how many games were to be played. Roy, The A Hole offered to let me out of the bet but he had already goaded me to the point of no return. I had made the bet and didn't back out of it although as I said Roy, The A Hole offered me the out.

The match was full of drama, good shooting, some luck both good and bad and two players, playing their hearts out. In the Chat Room, we had a blast even with me getting a nose bleed and I almost got banned for trying to get to Roy, The A Hole to make an early buyout. Naturally my good friend Roy, The A Hole, refused to let me buy out and Jerry threatened me with a Banning from the Chat Room for seeking the early buy out. :thumbup:

How was your weekend?
JoeyA

Funny, you should mention this as I was witness to your embarassing moment. I was there and read your many attempts be banned by the wise moderator (Jerry), who refused to let you go down that dastardly road of welching on a bet. You might want to thank Jerry as it could be you that we would be debating on your moral character right now: Is he or isn't he a welcher? I mean admittedly, you weren't completely aware of all of the terms of the bet and as such had a defense for possible welching.
As I was there and am witness, I believe that Roy did generously offer a buy-out of $45 at which time the chat room rose to your defense and demanded that Roy pay a tarriff fee of some kind.

Please, no one try and correct my version of the events, this is not heresay but a factual accounting of the events per my best recollection. :thumbup:

Thanks to you and Roy who kept me entertained during that match!

 

[JoeyA]

Funny, you should mention this as I was witness to your embarassing moment. I was there and read your many attempts be banned by the wise moderator (Jerry), who refused to let you go down that dastardly road of welching on a bet. You might want to thank Jerry as it could be you that we would be debating on your moral character right now: Is he or isn't he a welcher? I mean admittedly, you weren't completely aware of all of the terms of the bet and as such had a defense for possible welching.
As I was there and am witness, I believe that Roy did generously offer a buy-out of $45 at which time the chat room rose to your defense and demanded that Roy pay a tarriff fee of some kind.

Please, no one try and correct my version of the events, this is not heresay but a factual accounting of the events per my best recollection. :thumbup:

Thanks to you and Roy who kept me entertained during that match!

Well I'm really happy you had a good time with Roy, The A Hole beating on me like a rented mule and Jerry the accomplice, reveling in my pained state.

JoeyA (glad somebody had a good time) OK, I had a pretty good time too.